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Body found in river near woman's yacht

THUNDERBOLT - Preliminary autopsy results indicate that a body pulled from the Wilmington River was that of a Thunderbolt woman who's been missing for two weeks.

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Cindy Lynch, a 42-year-old beautician, was last seen around 11 p.m. on Jan. 18 in the parking lot of the Thunderbolt Marina, where she had been living with her husband aboard their yacht.

Divers pulled a body out of the water about 30 yards from the yacht around 7:40 p.m. Monday, after a man spotted it at the bottom of the river while on his sonar boat.

Bill Butterworth of the Thunderbolt Police Department said the body closely matched a description of Lynch and "probably is her."

A preliminary autopsy conducted Tuesday indicated that Lynch's death "was consistent with an accidental death due to drowning," Butterworth said, adding that superficial bruises found on the body suggested she fell off the boat into the frigid waters.

Butterworth said further tests would be conducted to confirm Tuesday's preliminary autopsyfindings.